Check Last Minute AvailabilityThe park’s Visitor Center will close February 8 for renovations. Guests can get maps, register for accommodations and purchase souvenirs at the Park Office (old lodge) during this time. We look forward to opening an improved Visitor Center soon.

This popular park on Lake Allatoona is ideal for swimming, water skiing and fishing. Visitors can bring their own boats or rent from nearby marinas. A sand swimming beach is nestled in a cove and surrounded by trees, providing a great place to cool off during summer. Picnic shelters and group shelters may be rented for meetings, parties, reunions and other celebrations. Guests often stay overnight in rental cottages, a spacious campground, or the park’s lakeside yurt.

While best known for the 12,000-acre lake, Red Top Mountain is also a hiker’s haven. More than 15 miles of trails wind through the forested park, providing opportunities for exercise and nature photography. A short, paved trail behind the park office is suitable for wheelchairs and strollers, welcoming guests to explore a reconstructed 1860s homestead. The gravel-topped 4-mile Iron Hill Trail is open to both hikers and bikers, offering pretty views of the lake’s shoreline.

Visit our Gift Shop!
While visiting the park, be sure stop in at our Park Office gift shop. You'll find gifts, books, apparel, toys for children, and much more to please nature lovers and outdoor enthusiasts. Open daily between 8AM to 5PM.

Join us at the Vaughan Log Cabin and step back into the 1860s. Experience the sights, sounds, and smells of daily life as volunteers demonstrate civilian farm life. Visit a soldier encampment as they pass through Georgia during the Civil War. $5 parking. 770-975-0055.

GPS Coordinates: N 34.142950, W -084.706700Located 45 minutes north of Atlanta near Cartersville, 1.5 miles east of I-75 exit #285.
Directions to Allatoona Pass Battlefield: From Red Top Mountain, take I-75 South to Exit 283. Turn left. Allatoona Pass will be on the left.